These CT Schools Prepare Students Best For College: New Report

CONNECTICUT — A new report by Niche.com, which crunches all kinds of data, especially involving schools has released a new list for 2019 that shows which schools are the best at preparing students for college.

The report looks at what it says are the top 169 schools in Connecticut when it comes to helping students excel in college. All of the top 169 schools received either an A+, A, B+, and or B for its overall ranking on the topic. Schools that were not ranked in the top 169 received a B- or lower grade, according to Niche.com.

So how did Niche.com determine which schools are the best at preparing students for college?

According to Niche.com, "The 2019 Best College Prep Public High Schools is based on rigorous analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Education along with test scores, college data, and ratings collected from millions of Niche users. Learn where our data comes from."

Niche.com is a big fan of private schools in Connecticut as the top 15 schools are all private schools. The first public school to crack the list is New Canaan High School at No. 16.

(Here is the top 169 via Niche.com. Click on the hyperlink to learn more about why that particular school was ranked where it is.)

1. Choate Rosemary Hall Private School Wallingford

2. Hopkins School Private School New Haven

3. The Hotchkiss School Private School Lakeville

4. The Taft School Private School Watertown

5. Kent School Private School Kent

6. Hamden Hall Country Day School Private School Hamden

7. Greenwich Academy Private School Greenwich

8. Brunswick School Private School Greenwich

9. Greens Farms Academy Private School

10. Kingswood-Oxford School Private School West Hartford

11. St. Luke's School Private School New Canaan

12. Westminster School Private School Simsbury

13. Westover School Private School Middlebury

14. Miss Porter's School Private School Farmington

15. The Williams School Private School New London

16. New Canaan High School New Canaan School District

17. Weston High School Weston School District

18. Salisbury School Private School Salisbury

19. King School Private School Stamford

20. Suffield Academy Private School Suffield

21. Fairfield College Preparatory School Private School Fairfield

22. Darien High School Darien School District

23. Staples High School Westport School District

24. Avon Old Farms School Private School Avon

25. Pomfret School Private School Pomfret

26. Ridgefield High School Ridgefield School District

27. Greenwich High School Greenwich School District

28. Wilton High School Wilton Public Schools

29. Cheshire Academy Private School Cheshire

30. Glastonbury High School Glastonbury School District

31 Avon High School Avon School District

32. Christian Heritage School Private School Trumbull

33. Marianapolis Preparatory School Private School Thompson

34. Watkinson School Private School Hartford

35. Simsbury High School Simsbury School District

36. Convent of the Sacred Heart Private School Greenwich

37. Amity Regional High School Amity Regional School District No. 5

38. Conard High School West Hartford School District

39. Farmington High School Farmington School District

40. Joel Barlow High School Public School Redding

41. Canterbury School Private School New Milford

42. Xavier High School Private School Middletown

43. Hall High School West Hartford School District

44. Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy East Hartford School District

45. The Academy of Information Technology Stamford School District

46. The Ethel Walker School Private School Simsbury

47. Fairfield Warde High School Fairfield School District

48. Academy of Our Lady of Mercy - Lauralton Hall Private School Milford

49. Chase Collegiate School Private School Waterbury

50. Daniel Hand High School Madison School District

51. The Gunnery Private School Washington

52. The Master's School Private School West Simsbury

53. Northwest Catholic High School Private School West Hartford

54. Immaculate High School Private School Danbury

55. Guilford High School Guilford Public Schools

56. Academy of Aerospace & Engineering Public School Windsor

57. Cheshire High School Cheshire Public Schools

58. East Catholic High School Private School Manchester

59. Mercy High School Private School Middletown

60. East Lyme High School East Lyme School District

61. Bridgeport International Academy Private School Bridgeport

62. Newtown High School Newtown School District

63. Trumbull High School Trumbull Public Schools

64. South Windsor High School South Windsor School District

65. Westhill High School Stamford School District

66. Academy of the Holy Family Private School Baltic

67. Pomperaug Regional High School Pomperaug Regional School District No. 15

68. Masuk High School Monroe School District

69. The Marvelwood School Private School Kent

70. Sacred Heart Academy Private School Hamden

71. Canton High School Canton School District

72. Notre Dame High School Private School West Haven

73. Wooster School Private School Danbury

74. Fairfield Ludlowe High School Fairfield School District

75. Lyme-Old Lyme High School Regional School District No. 18

76. E. O. Smith High School Regional School District No. 19

77. Rham High School Regional School District No. 8

78. Aerospace/Hydrospace Engineering & Physical Sciences at the Fairchild Wheeler Campus Bridgeport School District

79. Faith Preparatory School Private School New Milford

80. Branford High School Branford School District

81. Saint Bernard School Private School Uncasville

82. University High School of Science and Engineering Hartford School District

83. Brookfield High School Brookfield School District

84. Haddam-Killingworth High School Regional School District No. 17

85. Trinity Catholic High School Private School Stamford

86. Norwich Free Academy Private School Norwich

87. St Joseph High School Private School Trumbull

88. Ledyard High School Ledyard School District

89. Suffield High School Suffield School District

90. St. Paul Catholic High School Private School Bristol

91. East Granby High School East Granby School District

92. Old Saybrook Senior High School Old Saybrook School District

93. Bethel High School Bethel School District

94. New Milford High School New Milford School District

95. Granby Memorial High School Granby School District

96. Robert E. Fitch High School Groton School District

97. Brien McMahon High School Norwalk School District

98. Valley Regional High School Regional School District No. 4

99. Hebrew High School of New England Private School West Hartford

100. Holy Cross High School Private School Waterbury

101. Housatonic Valley Regional High School Regional School District No. 1

102. Putnam Science Academy Private School Putnam

103. Bolton High School Bolton School District

104. Waterford High School Waterford School District

105. Middletown High School Middletown School District

106. East Hampton High School East Hampton School District

107. Wethersfield High School Wethersfield School District

108. Stonington High School Stonington School District

109. Southington High School Southington School District

110. Litchfield High School Litchfield Public Schools

111. Marine Science Magnet High School of Southeastern Connecticut Public School Groton

112. South Kent School Private School South Kent

113. Engineering - Science University Magnet School New Haven School District

114. Joseph A. Foran High School Milford School District

115. Rocky Hill High School Rocky Hill School District

116. Mark T. Sheehan High School Wallingford School District

117. The Morgan School Clinton School District

118. Coginchaug Regional High School Regional School District No. 13

119. Shepaug Valley School Regional School District No. 12

120. Ellington High School Ellington Public Schools

121. Shelton High School Shelton School District

122. Berlin High School Berlin School District

123. New Fairfield High School New Fairfield School District

124. Danbury High School Danbury School District

125. Cromwell High School Cromwell School District

126. Newington High School Newington School District

127. Bacon Academy Colchester School District

128. Stamford High School Stamford School District

129. Information Technology & Software Engineering at the Fairchild Wheeler Campus Bridgeport School District

130. Nonnewaug High School Regional School District No. 14

131. Norwalk High School Norwalk School District

132. Oxford High School Oxford School District

133. Tolland High School Tolland School District

134. Notre Dame High School Private School Fairfield

135. Northwestern Regional High School Northwestern Regional School District No. 7

136. North Haven High School North Haven School District

137. Lewis S. Mills High School Regional School District No. 10

138. Bristol Central High School Bristol School District

139. Waterbury Arts Magnet School Waterbury School District

140. Westbrook High School Westbrook School District

141. Jonathan Law High School Milford School District

142. Hamden High School Hamden School District

143. Stratford High School Stratford School District

144. Classical Magnet School Hartford School District

145. Montville High School Montville School District

146. The Gilbert School Private School Winsted

147. Woodland Regional High School Regional School District No. 16

148. Manchester High School Manchester School District

149. Two Rivers Magnet High School Public School Hartford

150. Lyman Hall High School Wallingford School District

151. Metropolitan Learning Center Public School Bloomfield

152. Lyman Memorial High School Lebanon School District

153. Wilbur Cross High School New Haven School District

154. Portland High School Portland School District

155. Achievement First Hartford Academy Public School Hartford

156. North Branford High School North Branford School District

157. East Hartford High School East Hartford School District

158. Seymour High School Seymour School District

159. Wamogo Regional High School Regional School District No. 6

160. Nathan Hale-Ray High School East Haddam School District, CT

161. Wolcott High School Wolcott School District, CT

162. St. Thomas More School Private School Oakdale, CT

163. Bristol Eastern High School Bristol School District, CT

164. Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy Hartford School District, CT

165. Connecticut River Academy Public School East Hartford, CT

166. Three Rivers Middle College Magnet School Public School Norwich, CT

167. Somers High School Somers School District, CT

168. Coventry High School Coventry School District, CT

169. Sacred Heart High School Private School Waterbury, CT

Schools with a B- grade from Niche.com include: Bunnell High School in Stratford, Windsor High School, Stafford High School, Rockville High School in Vernon, Naugatuck High School, New London High School, and Windsor Locks High School.

Schools with a C+ grade from Niche.com include: East Windsor High School, West Haven High School, Enfield High School, and East Haven High School.

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